The top 50... NZ Rep players at NZSS Basketball Champs

Day one of the Schick Championships, New Zealand’s secondary schools national basketball championships, tipped-off today at Central Energy Trust Arena in Palmerston North.

The week-long event will bring over 850 students from 70 secondary schools, plus families and support staff, to the nine court venue.
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The Manawatu public will have a special opportunity to see some of New Zealand’s best emerging basketball talent on display, with a large number of New Zealand age-group representatives leading out their school teams…
 
New Zealand age-group representatives at the Schick Championships
Aon New Zealand Under 16 Team:

• Cian Emery (Harbour Basketball) – Rosmini College
• Taine Murray (Harbour Basketball) – Rosmini College
• Harrison Payne (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.) – Rangitoto College
• Okirano Tilaia (Canterbury Basketball Association) – Cashmere High School
• Reihana Topia (Harbour Basketball) ) – Rosmini College
• Ezrah Vaigafa (Wellington Basketball Association) – Rongotai College

Aon New Zealand Under 16 Select Team:

• Terence Abdon (Harbour Basketball) – Rosmini College
• Finn de Hamel (Nelson Basketball Association) – Waimea College

 
Aon New Zealand Under 16 Team:

• Sophie Adams (Basketball Mid Canterbury) – Ashburton College
• Waiata Jennings (Rotorua Basketball Association) – Western Heights High School
• Parris Libby May Mason (New Plymouth Basketball Association) – New Plymouth Girls’ High School
• Jessica Moors (Harbour Basketball) – Westlake Girls’ High School
• Caitlin O'Connell (Taranaki Country Basketball Association) – Sacred Heart Girls New Plymouth
• Emilia Shearer (Harbour Basketball) – Westlake Girls’ High School
• Dominique Stephens (Waikato Basketball Council) – Hamilton Girls’ High School
• Ashlee Strawbridge (Basketball Mid Canterbury) – Ashburton College

 
Aon New Zealand Under 16 Select Team:

• Keyani Leith (Waikato Basketball Council) – Hamilton Girls’ High School
• Jordan Rangitawa (Hutt Valley Basketball Association) – Hutt Valley High School
• Melika Samia (Basketball Hawkes Bay) – Napier Girls’ High School
• Raquel Sampson (New Plymouth Basketball Association) - Sacred Heart Girls New Plymouth
• Te Mihiroa Tangira (Rotorua Basketball Association) – Rotorua Girls’ High School
• Jayze'lee Waihi (Waikato Basketball Council) – St Peter’s School, Cambridge

 
Aon New Zealand Under 17 Women Team:

• Ella Bradley (Waikato Basketball Council) – St Peter’s School, Cambridge
• Isabelle Cook (Taranaki Country Basketball Association) – Opunake High School
• Tayla Dalton (Harbour Basketball) – Carmel College
• Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato Basketball Council) – St Peter’s School, Cambridge
• Jordyn Maddix (Harbour Basketball) – Westlake Girls’ High School
• Sharne Pupuke-Robati (Auckland Counties Manukau) – Mt Albert Grammar School
• Briarley Rogers (Tauranga City Basketball Association) – Aquinas College
• Rosalia Samia (Basketball Hawkes Bay) – Napier Girls’ High School
• Tessalonia Talo-Tomokino (Harbour Basketball) - Mt Albert Grammar

 
3x3 Under 18 Women:

• Charlisse Leger-Walker – St Peter’s School, Cambridge

 
Aon New Zealand Under 18 Women Squad:

• Amiee Book (Nelson Basketball Association) – Middleton Grange
• Lauryn Hippolite (Nelson Basketball Association) – Middleton Grange
• Grace Hunter (Wellington Basketball Association) – St Mary's,Wellington
• Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato Basketball Council) – St Peter’s School, Cambridge
• Leah Mafua (Wellington Basketball Association) – Hutt Valley High School
• Olivia O'Neill (St Hilda's Collegiate )
• Lily Riana Rangi (Basketball Auckland) – Mt Albert Grammar School
• Keely Tini (Harbour Basketball) – Westlake Girls’ High School
• Charlotte Whittaker (North Canterbury Basketball Association) – St Andrew’s College

Aon New Zealand Under 18 Men Squad:

• Cooper Boyce-Towler (Palmerston North Basketball Association) – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
• Max de Geest (Canterbury Basketball Association) – Christ’s College
• Tama Faamausili (Palmerston North Basketball Association) – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
• Tom Higgins (Central Country Basketball Association) – Auckland Grammar School
• Peter Jenkins (Harbour Basketball) – Rosmini College
• Tyler Marsh (Nelson Basketball) – Waimea College
• Oscar Robertson (Basketball Taranaki Incorporated) – New Plymouth Boys’ High School
• Oscar Oswald (Basketball Manwatu) – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
• Kruz Perrott-Hunt (Harbour Basketball) – Rosmini College

 
Anchor Junior Tall Blacks:

• Callum McRae – Palmerston North Boys’ High School
• Angus McWilliam – Middleton Grange